Yast-openSUSE-11.4-gnome2: Repositiries Refreshing problem.

rsp2 · December 19, 2011, 6:51am

Hi,

While refreshing repositories via Yast as well as while trying to install software via zypper, i get the following similar errors:
For refreshing repositories:

“There were errors while restoring the repository configuration.
Error refreshing service openSUSE Packages (http://www.download.opensuse.org-packages/): Parse error:
History: - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’”

For Install via zypper:

"Refreshing service ‘Packages’.
Unexpected exception.
History:

repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
Parse error: repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
Please file a bug report about this.
See SDB:Zypper troubleshooting - openSUSE for instructions."

Would welcome help to get out of this one.

Thanks and Regards

RSP2

DenverD · December 19, 2011, 11:04am

> Please file a bug report about this.
> See ‘SDB:Zypper troubleshooting - openSUSE’
> (http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Troubleshooting) for instructions.

did you do that already? what bug number was assigned, and please
provide the URL…

>
> Would welcome help to get out of this one.

maybe someone can help more after seeing some more info,
please show us the terminal input/output from


zypper lr -d
uname -a
cat /etc/SuSE-release

copy/paste the in/output back to this thread using the instructions
here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr

–
DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

gogalthorp · December 20, 2011, 4:13am

maybe try

rpm rebuilddb

rsp2 · December 21, 2011, 5:41am

Hi,

>maybe someone can help more after seeing some more info,
>please show us the terminal input/output from

No bug report has been filed. The code outputs are as under:

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> sudo zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

—±-------------------------- 1 | Muzlocker_subpixel_11.4 2 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 3 | download.opensuse.org-Apps 4 | download.opensuse.org-Stable 5 | download.opensuse.org-Wine 6 | download.opensuse.org-beta 7 | download.opensuse.org-filesystems 8 | download.opensuse.org-games 9 | download.opensuse.org-mozilla 10 | download.opensuse.org-oss 11 | download.opensuse.org-perl 12 | download.opensuse.org-php 13 | download.opensuse.org-python 14 | download.opensuse.org-standard 15 | download.opensuse.org-webcam 16 | opensuse-guide.org-repo 17 | packman.inode.at-suse 18 | repo-non-oss 19 | repo-oss 20 | repo-source --------±-----------------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
| Muzlocker subpixel 11.4 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/home:/muzlocker/openSUSE_11.4 |
| Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:Apps | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/Apps/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/LibreOffice:/Stable/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - Wine CVS Builds | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_11.4 |
| mozilla:beta | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/mozilla:/beta/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - filesystems | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/filesystems/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - Games | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4 |
| Main Repository (Sources) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
| openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:perl | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - PHP | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_11.4 |
| openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:python | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_11.4 |
| Main Repository (Contrib) | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/openSUSE:/11.4:/Contrib/standard |
| openSUSE BuildService - Drivers for webcams | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.4 |
| libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/ |
| Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /suse/openSUSE_11.4/ |
| openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss |
| openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
| openSUSE-11.4-Source | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> uname -a
Linux rsp-laptop 2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-10-19 22:33:27 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 11.4 (i586)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon

Thanks for response; Regards

RSP2

DenverD · December 21, 2011, 2:21pm

On 12/21/2011 05:46 AM, rsp2 wrote:

> Thanks for response; Regards

i give you one more chance to follow the line of instructions under the
commands given, quoted from my previous post:

------------quote--------------------------------------------------
please show us the terminal input/output from


zypper lr -d
uname -a
cat /etc/SuSE-release

copy/paste the in/output back to this thread using the instructions
here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr
------------end quote--------------------------------------

it should be easy to read, not all jumbled up and folded by the forum
software into a tangled mess…

–
DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat http://tinyurl.com/DD-Hardware
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Software
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

rsp2 · December 23, 2011, 2:32pm

Hi,

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> sudo zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                             | Name                                           | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                               | Service                               
---+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------                               
 1 | Muzlocker_subpixel_11.4           | Muzlocker subpixel 11.4                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/muzlocker/openSUSE_11.4/          |                                       
 2 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0  | Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/                                         |                                       
 3 | download.opensuse.org-Apps        | openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:Apps             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Apps/openSUSE_11.4/              |        
 4 | download.opensuse.org-Stable      | openSUSE BuildService - LibreOffice            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Stable/openSUSE_11.4/      |        
 5 | download.opensuse.org-Wine        | openSUSE BuildService - Wine CVS Builds        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_11.4/          |        
 6 | download.opensuse.org-beta        | mozilla:beta                                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla:/beta/openSUSE_11.4/            |        
 7 | download.opensuse.org-filesystems | openSUSE BuildService - filesystems            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/filesystems/openSUSE_11.4/              |        
 8 | download.opensuse.org-games       | openSUSE BuildService - Games                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/                    |        
 9 | download.opensuse.org-mozilla     | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4/                  |        
10 | download.opensuse.org-oss         | Main Repository (Sources)                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                   |        
11 | download.opensuse.org-perl        | openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:perl   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_11.4/   |        
12 | download.opensuse.org-php         | openSUSE BuildService - PHP                    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_11.4/              |        
13 | download.opensuse.org-python      | openSUSE BuildService - devel:languages:python | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_11.4/ |        
14 | download.opensuse.org-standard    | Main Repository (Contrib)                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.4:/Contrib/standard/       |        
15 | download.opensuse.org-webcam      | openSUSE BuildService - Drivers for webcams    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.4/          |        
16 | opensuse-guide.org-repo           | libdvdcss repository                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/                                              |        
17 | packman.inode.at-suse             | Packman Repository                             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/                                       |        
18 | repo-non-oss                      | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss                          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/                      |        
19 | repo-oss                          | openSUSE-11.4-Oss                              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                          |        
20 | repo-source                       | openSUSE-11.4-Source                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                   |

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> sudo uname -a
Linux rsp-laptop 2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-10-19 22:33:27 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

rsp@rsp-laptop:~> sudo cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 11.4 (i586)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon

Submitted above likewise.

Thanks for such clear Guidance!

RSP2

robin_listas · December 24, 2011, 2:23am

On 2011-12-19 06:56, rsp2 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> While refreshing repositories via Yast as well as while trying to
> install software via zypper, i get the following similar errors:
> FOR REFRESHING REPOSITORIES:
>
> "There were errors while restoring the repository configuration.
> Error refreshing service openSUSE Packages
> (http://www.download.opensuse.org-packages/): Parse error:
> History: - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef:
> expecting ‘;’ - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ -

It looks to me an error in the repository itself. Identify which repo and
inform its maintainer.

> FOR INSTALL VIA ZYPPER:
>
> "Refreshing service ‘Packages’.
> Unexpected exception.
> History:
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> - Parse error: repoindex.xml[1] EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
> Please file a bug report about this.

Did you do that?

> See ‘SDB:Zypper troubleshooting - openSUSE’
> (http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Troubleshooting) for instructions."

Did you do that?

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

DenverD · December 24, 2011, 12:20pm

On 12/23/2011 02:36 PM, rsp2 wrote:
>
> Thanks for such clear Guidance!

sorry, i missed your reply yesterday (i was and am sick…so this will
be short) you have FAR too many (20!!!) enabled and refreshing repos!!
read the paragraph beginning with “IMPORTANT” in this thread
<http://tinyurl.com/33qc9vu> and then, using YaST > Software
Repositories make your’s look like mine (4 enabled and 2
refreshing–ONLY), here http://paste.opensuse.org/81397698

then maybe your errors “go away”! or maybe not, and maybe not because
you have already polluted your system with inconsistent and
non-complementary software!!

and, if that is the case, post again (in this thread) and ask how to use
‘zypper dup’ to backlevel to a standard 11.4 system…

–
DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

robin_listas · December 24, 2011, 2:28pm

On 2011-12-24 12:20, DenverD wrote:
> and, if that is the case, post again (in this thread) and ask how to use
> ‘zypper dup’ to backlevel to a standard 11.4 system…

There is a syntax error in one of the repos.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)